Columbia University’s exceptionally poised president, Nemat Shafik, clearly has no intention of going down like the former heads of Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania, both driven from their jobs following disastrous appearances before a congressional committee investigating campus antisemitism. Testifying before the same panel last week, she readily agreed with Republicans’ premise that pro-Palestinian activism at Columbia is shot through with anti-Jewish bigotry, and explained how, under her leadership, Columbia is cracking down. Fifteen students, she said, had been suspended, and six more were on disciplinary probation. Visiting scholar Mohamed Abdou, who expressed support for Hamas, Hezbollah and...